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TIL Seth Rogan is making an R-rated Pixar-style film about “food in a grocery store that believes when you get purchased all your wildest dreams come true. They don’t realize that you get eaten. And its about them slowly realizing what happens in their after life.”

0w5Qv TIL about the Rihanna curse, when horrible weather in the UK, New Zealand, and Romania coincided with the song Umbrella being the #1 song in those countries
WkjKL TIL a necropsy performed after the death of Secretariat in 1989 showed the thoroughbred had a heart almost twice the size of average racehorses, a factor that contributed to its incredible power and stamina
WkMgL TIL Banana slugs have both male and female sexual organs, and often play both roles during sex. Additionally one slug may bite the penis off of the other slug after sex, allowing that slug to only play the female role in future sexual encounters, essentially eliminating a male competitor.
VMAE8 TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
5ZmD TIL that before being burned alive by the Spaniards, chief Hatuey was asked if he wanted to accept Christianity and go to heaven. Hatuey asked if Spaniards go to heaven, to which the priest that they do. Hatuey then stated that he’d rather go to hell where he wouldn’t see such cruel people.